Canonical Source · peer reviewed study

Effect of fasting-mimicking diet on markers of autophagy and metabolic health in human subjects

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Investigation

Does fasting improve human health through autophagy?

Supports

A small industry-sponsored fasting-like-diet study found short-term changes in blood-cell autophagy measurements at some time points, not a demonstrated health benefit caused by autophagy.

Challenges

No clinical study here establishes that fasting improves health specifically because it increases autophagy.

Subject families

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